Have compassion: Activists in Kuala Lumpur protesting against the impending execution of Nagaenthran, in this file photo taken last year. — AFP
The top court was urged to show “mercy” as it heard the last-ditch appeal of a Malaysian man facing execution despite criticism from supporters who say he is mentally disabled.
Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam was arrested in 2009 for trafficking a small amount of heroin into the city-state, which has some of the world’s toughest drug laws, and handed a then mandatory death sentence the following year.
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